Hello my little chick-a-dees. At this very moment I'm on a cruise sailing to the Bahamas with J and his entire family (post on that to come!). We're staying on different floors of the ship and hoping to sneak in a little Bow Chicka Wow Wow time. I mean, it's our vacation too! But we had a little mishap on the last trip we took that got me questioning: How hot is vacation sex, really?

Why don't I just add one more embarrassing sex story to my growing list (see: awkward shower sex and Valentine's Day fail). On the very first trip J and I took as a couple around the six-month mark (another cruise, actually!), we almost got BUSTED IN ON by housekeeping. One minute we're having a little pre-beach morning sesh and the next I'm running naked to the bathroom and J's stopping the door from flying wide open while cupping the boys (are you picturing it?). Now I'm no prude about sharing my sex life with you lovely Smitten readers (TMI at times, I know), but sharing it with another human… in front of me? No way! My unleashed ta-tas and naked, pale behind are for J's eyes only, thank you very much.

One of my friends had a similar encounter on her most recent vacation. "My man and I were taking an afternoon break from the sun in, umm, bed, and realized we hadn't locked the second bedroom door. Someone had come in to fix the air conditioner, yelled sorry and got the hell out of there. Let's just say he had a CLEAR view. I walked with my head down for the rest of the trip!"

When you think about it, there are so many problems with vacation sex. I think intruders (people trying to tidy your room, whatever) and sunburn are the biggest buzz kills of them all. That's why I've packed SPF 3,000 and will double-check that our door is locked at all times. OH, and I stashed the sexy lingerie underneath my bathing suits and maxi dresses (you never know when security will check). I mean, who doesn't have a vacation sex checklist like that? Better safe than sorry…

__Next week I'll be back with tales from my trip. Hopefully excluding any more embarrassing sexcapades (or weird tan lines)! But I want to hear from you: what do you REALLY think of vacation sex? Have you had any weird run-ins like these? What's on your vacation sex checklist? __